Ptolomy

You are doing a terrific job - can't wait to see the end product Here is a clip of Wii - this dog is amazing and its the step by step process on how her owner taught her to do a handstand.

It sounds like you had a terrific weekend. Well done :D Can I ask did a tri coloured toller come 2nd in novice yesterday and today????? and did you get to meet Donna with Lochie?

Glad to hear everything turned out OK ? why the C section? Hey doing UD after all this breeding stuff will be so easy :D Have to warn you that over the next 8 weeks you will getting absolutely nothing done!

Knowing how long it took Ruby to finally work out the scent game - you should be mighty proud of this clip Katie. Its about time you updated it though and videod her doing scent now so we can see if she has improved or not.

WA Click is an Yahoo?? chat group similar to ozobedience.

So what are people least favourite exercise and why........ Mine - would have to be the sit stay - it would have to be the longest 1 and 3 minutes in your entire life and I don't believe the dog should be penalised because it stayed where it was, but dropped. I have also had a few ugly moments in sit stays where dogs have been allowed to stand over mine and its taken forever to fix the problem.

So in novice would most choose..... COP or Dumbbell I would do COP only because I think there are more places to lose points on the dumbbell.

I guess a lot of your aren't there yet - BUT when you do all get to open will it be........ the broad jump or change of positions and why?

I can't believe the number of bad dumbbell throwers there are and the more they try and throw correctly the worse they get So do most people hurl their dumbbell or do you tend to lob it just the required distance? I'm a hurler

So do most dogs pick the dumbbell up on the way out, or do they scoop it up on the way back? Mine all go around the back of the dumbbell and scoop it up on the way back to me.

Nice retrieve dogdude. Do people prefer wooden or plastic dumbbells and why? Also on this subject how many people teach their dogs to return over the solid jump no matter where the dumbell lands? I do - and if the dog ever looks like going around the jump - I will step in and help guide it back over the jump whether this be at training or in a trial. I can now almost guarantee that whereever my dumbbell lands my oldest three will come back over the jump. Lexi is still a work in prgress and has done very limit retrieving over a jump. I also tend to stand much further back from the jump than most when I throw the dumbbell - as I like to give my kids plenty of room before they have to take off, and enough room to align themselves for a straight present. I used a wooden dumbbell for my first dog and have now gone to plastic. No idea why though......

This is Baby Beans in open at last years State Champs. If Lexi is a work in progress - Beans is definitely a trilogy or something similar to Ward and Peace She has improved a lot in the last 6 months and its a BIG call but she is now my best heeling dog (shhh don't tell Scoota) We are having a few focus issues as the round progresses, but we had a lesson with the guru tonight and we have lots to work on. Beans is my little allergy girl that I was told should be pts. :p To look at her now you wouldn't pick there was anything wrong with her - but its taken a lot of careful management to get her to where she is today.

Nice retrieve dogdude. Do people prefer wooden or plastic dumbbells and why?

Yes I was, just with Millie though on the top oval as we had our Intermediate test. Proud to report my choccy baby came 1st with 100/100 :p Pssst... I think the examiner was very leanient with marking for Intermediate There were many SWF's going for each other nearby and she kept looking away from me and to them and she's usually all eyes, especially when I have food in my hand which we were allowed to use! Woo Hoo - have you posted this in the Brad 2009 thread? Well done

Which way they turn when they pick up the dumbbell has a big bearing when you add a solid jump into the equation. More info please!! Because if you throw to the left and the dog turns to the left then it is more likely to run around the solid jump and vice versa. PS - where were you last night! Not at training.......

Thats was a tough assignment and a great achievement for Gabby. The area she competed in had been used by the show dogs for the previous few days and there were lots of food and dog droppings all over the place. Sideshow alley was just outside the door and you had the crowd just outside the ring. A great round by a baby dog. Well done.

I begin training the moment the pup walks into the house - so basically at 8 weeks of age With my first dog I trained for novice and then once she got her title I then trained her for open and then finally UD. Lucky for me Lara had been here in a past life and to teach her the dumbbell I threw it told her to fetch, which she did and it was easy as that. If only all dog training was that easy. Then I got my first toller and it was all downhill from there Now I start teaching the basics of each of the exercises at an early age. The dog learns to sit in a hoop or a box as a baby, they learn to pick things up, to find something that smells of me - all of which are the basics of open and UD training. I find stays with my breed the hardest to teach - and generally I would struggle to have a toller ready for novice before they were 16 -18 months of age. I have found they mature and become more confident after 4 years of age - so there really isn't any rush. Somebody once said to me in 9 trials you can have your UD - so why rush. HMm if only Beans could read this.... :p

Which way they turn when they pick up the dumbbell has a big bearing when you add a solid jump into the equation.

make sure you do post something Huski ..... its great to watch other people working with their kids. Lexi is my little pocket rocket

Terranik - you have done a terrific job so many people have poor left about turns - with the dog having no rear end awareness. I start training mine in slow motion and clicking for rear end movement. I have to ask what treats were you using in the dumbbell clip - your dog chewed every piece several times and I love the look on his face when you gave him a jackpot and kept presenting another piece of food before he had finished the last one. Would love to see where you are at in 4 weeks time - keep up the good work.

Thought that I would start a thread where people can post their obedience clips - where if your dog does something you are proud of - no matter what standard - then post it for everybody to see. It might also be helpful to people starting out - or moving up the levels to see how other people handle their dogs, their hand signals, the interaction with their dog between exercises..... You might even be able to offer some helpful advice with people having problems. So here goes...... This is Sexi Lexi in her second open trial at the Western Classic back in March. Lexi is a work in progress and due to soreness issues had minimal training. She is not the most confident dog and as we moved through the exercises I could feel she needed more and more help - hence the very extended finish signals. She ended up failing the final exercise - but I was tickled pink with what she gave me and her little tail never stopped wagging. Sorry - the quality of the clip is not brilliant....

We accept two yearly titre tests.

Just over 24 hours for me How's this for coincidence? Sue's training partner will be at the Easter retrieving trials in Vic - she and I are staying in a house belonging to another DOLer, one of whose dogs I will be handling Is this Donna with Lochie?

Just over 24 hours for me

Can't stress enough the benefits of watching a trial prior to your first one - it will really help your nerves and you will be more aware of what goes on when it is your turn. The Sue Hogben seminar is worth cancelling everything for. Its a once in a blue moon event, thats costs your very little and it might be years before you have this opportunity again. Its too late after the event and everybody is talking about it to then say...gees wish i had gone.